Often being compared with India’s World Cup winning captain and all-rounder Kapil Dev, Hardik Pandya has substantiated the comparisons on many occasions with his hard-hitting abilities and brisk seam bowling. Along with his playing style, his experiments with hairstyles and hair colours make him stand out among his peers. But he plays as flamboyantly on field as he carries himself off the field. Pandya is truly a find of the Indian Premier League (IPL) as his heroics with Mumbai Indians booked his berth for the Indian cricket team. Following a successful IPL 2015 and Syed Mushtaq Ali domestic T20 tournament in 2016, the Gujarati all-rounder made his debut for Team India on January 26, 2016, in a T20I match against Australia at Adelaide. It took him a few months to break into the 50-over set up as he debuted in ODI cricket on October 16, 2016, playing New Zealand at the picturesque HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala. With a fifty on his Test debut, Pandya played his first longest-format game for India on July 26-29, 2017, against Sri Lanka at Galle.
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Pakistan Batsmen Babar Azam and Shoaib Malik came to comfort the all-rounder as well.
In the fifth and final Test match of the tour, skipper Virat Kohli chose to bring fresh talent Vihari in the playing XI, replacing all-rounder Hardik Pandya.
Bangar said India could have been in a better position had Pandya and Ashwin applied themselves a little more. India were all out for 273 on Friday in response to England's 246.
Johnson, who also played in 153 ODIs, also feels that the tournament could go down as the one dominated by the bowlers.
Kohli dropped to second place after India's defeat at the Lord's but a stupendous performance has again put him at the top.
India rode on skipper Virat Kohli's 23rd Test century to give England a tough target of 521 to win the third Test and clinch the five-match series.
Pandya took career-best figures of 5-28 as England were bowled out for 161 in reply to India's 329. The visitors finished day two on 124-2, thus taking an overall 292-run lead.
Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli led India's charge and took them to 124/2 at stumps, with a lead of 292 runs on the second day of the third Test at Trent Bridge.
Pant joined the elite club of Naren Tamhane, Kiran More and Naman Ojha -all of whom took five catches on their Test debuts.
This is the first time that Pandya has made such a huge impact with the ball in hand for India in Tests.
Pandya has had a dry spell with the bat and ball so far in the ongoing India-England Test series and has been at the receiving end of some heavy criticism from former cricketers and fans.
Pandya's decision to post a picture on Instagram came with consequences as the fans didn't hesitate to diss the all-rounder for his performances.
A number of cricketers used social media platforms to express gratitude towards their nation and countrymen.
It was a 189-run sixth wicket stand between Chris Woakes (120 batting) and Jonny Bairstow (93) that has virtually killed the contest. India will now need a miracle to make a comeback.
In recent times, all-rounder Hardik Pandya has been compared to 1983 World Cup winner Kapil Dev but legendary batsman, Sunil Gavaskar, was not at all amused when asked about the two's comparison.
Former India captain and IndiaTV cricket expert Sourav Ganguly spoke to India TV on India's 31-run loss against England in Birmingham Test.
Kohli admitted that he would have loved to take even a slender lead over England before his team fell short of matching their score by 13 runs.
Indian allrounder Hardik Pandya posted a photo with wicket-keeper Dinesh Karthik showing his brotherhood love.
After finishing his own batting session, Kohli advised his teammates on how to tackle the swinging Duke ball in England.
Ganguly seemed much impressed with Pandya's heroics as he told IndiaTV during the show 'Cricket Ki Baat'.
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